China's November engagement in the Indo-Pacific included ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, uncertain ...
U.S. carriers were in Thailand, Japan and the Eastern Pacific this week, while a carrier from France is set to visit the ...
China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.
China has increased aid as part of its bid to become the foreign partner of choice for Pacific Island countries but ... States a unique opportunity, as it maps where Beijing’s interests are ...
COVID-19 has only catalyzed the growing geopolitical interest in the Pacific Islands ... However, China’s approach is equally as problematic — not least its proclivity for bilateral support and loans ...
The United States has positioned three aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific ... claimed that China this weekend could conduct another military exercise around the self-ruled island, which ...
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1975 and has a life cycle of approximately 50 years. Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz while underway in the Eastern Pacific ...